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Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development at St.
John's School of Law.
News Stories
On Being A Black Lawyer names St. John's Professor Leonard Baynes
One of the Most Influential Black Attorneys in the U.S. (Winter
2012)
Ronald H. Brown Center Hosts Symposium on Diversity in Legal
Education and Holds Third Annual Diversity Day and Admissions
Fair (Winter 2012)
St. John’s Law School Names Associate Professor Janai Nelson First
Granito Scholar (Winter 2012)
Ronald H. Brown Prep Program for College Students Celebrates
Another Successful Year (Summer 2011)
St. John’s Law Students Attend Arguments and Visit with Justice
Thomas at the U.S. Supreme Court (Fall 2011)
Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development Marks its Official
Relaunch (Summer 2011)
Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development Recognizes Writing
Competition Winners (Spring 2011)
The Ronald H. Brown Prep Program for College Students Receives
ABA’s Alexander Award (Spring 2011)
The Ronald H. Brown Center Holds Second Annual Diversity Day and
Admissions Fair (Winter 2011)
The Ronald H. Brown Prep Program for College Students Welcomes 56
Participants to St. John's (Summer 2010)
Professor Leonard M. Baynes Honored by the New York State Bar
Association (Winter 2010)
St. John's Law Prof. Leonard Baynes Wins State Bar's Diversity
Trailblazer Award (Winter 2010)
St. John’s School Of Law Hosts Symposium On Issues Regarding
Racial, Social, And Economic Justice (Fall 2009)
The Ronald H. Brown Center's Journal of Legal Commentary Hosts 16th
Annual Symposium (Spring 2009)
Media Mentions
Janai Nelson on Proposed Redrawing of New York’s Political
Districts (Queens Chronicle (February 2, 2012)
Leonard M. Baynes Discusses Diversity in Law School Admissions
(The National Law Journal, November 28, 2011)
Regulating Wireless Company Billing Practices to Prevent Bill
Shock (Jurist, October 24, 2011)
Updating the Way 'Parent' is Defined in New York Law (Jurist,
October 17, 2011)
Discriminatory Patient Choice and the Need for Legal Reforms
(Jurist, October 17, 2011)
Creating Pathways to Prosecute Cyber-Bullies (Jurist, October
10, 2011)
Financial Reform Position Limits Do More Harm Than Good
(Jurist, October 3, 2011)
Exhibitionists Demanding Privacy: Facebook and the Constitution
(Jurist, September 26, 2011)
Comparative Policies: DNA Collection and Retention in the US and
UK (Jurist, September 19, 2011)
Terrorism as Treason: US Citizens and Domestic Terror (Jurist,
September 11, 2011)
Prosecuting Terrorism: Maintaining a United Criminal Justice
System (Jurist, September 11, 2011)
The Necessity of Public Advocacy in the Law (Jurist, September
6, 2011)
Centralized Exit Examinations and US Education Reform (Jurist,
September 6, 2011)